Auto Mechanics
- Work 40 hours a week
- May get minor cuts, bruises, and burns
- Work with dirty and greasy parts
- Lift heavy parts and tools
- Some auto companys offer 2 year programs for people fresh out of high school
- Make between $11.96 to $21.56 an hour
- Makes commision off of sales and labor fees.
- Can chage oil
- Can preform a tire rotation
- Can diagnose more complex problems
- Can plan and exicute vehicle repairs
- Must be able to understand how the complex parts work and preform
- Know how to use computerized shop equipment.
- When they see a mechanical problem they notify the owner
- They lubricate engines and other major components
- Repair or replace worn parts before they cause damage to the vehicle
- Uses jacks to lift cars and engines
- Uses welding and cutting equipment
- Uses grinding machines to rebuild brakes
- Employers furnish power tools, cutting/welding equipment, and diagnostic equipment
- Work in akward positions
- Looking for people with formal training in high school or a postsecondary school
- The ability to diagnose a problem quickly and correctly is needed
- Must havs good communication skills
- ASE certification is a standard credential for technitions
- Held about 763,700 jobs in '08
- 31% worked in shops
- 28% worked in dealerships
- tune up technicions adjust ingition timeing and valves and adujst or replace spark plugs and other parts to ensure efficient engine preformance.
- Transmission technicions work on gear trains, couplings, hydrolic pumps and other parts of the transmission.